Labels:text | screenshot OCR: COMET SHOEMAKER-LEVY THE COMETS THAT LIE in the Öpik-Oort the gas giants. In 1992, Jupiter's Cloud can be up to 2 light years from strong gravitational field pulled Comet the Sun. Sometimes, the gravity of Shoemaker-Levy toward the planet. a passing star "nudges" a comet As it neared, the comet was ripped nearer to the Sun. Once in the inner apart by Jupiter's gravity, and, in 1994, Solar System, a comet may also be 21 fragments of its nucleus were seen affected by the gravitational fields of crashing into the planet's atmosphere. COMET FLARE-UP Each fragment of Comet Shoemaker-Levy caused a huge explosion in Jupiter's atmosphere. Trail of comet fragments Explosion
